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Thursday, August 14, 2014

HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochincherefers to “gossip”. In this sense, we use it to mentionHOLA members or Friends ofHOLA who are getting acting, performance or similarly artistic gigs and/or recognition in the media. The names of HOLA members and Friends of HOLA are listed below in boldface. To see what other HOLA members are doing currently, click here.

Mathia Vargas, shown at right, booked a role on "My Crazy Love" (Oxygen).

José Roldán, Jr. will be performing his award-winning, self-penned solo show Father Forgive Me For I Have Sinned (directed by Dante Albertie) at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Massachusetts on Thursday, October 9, 2014.

Roberto Sanábria is in the cast of Chuck Mee's bobrauschenbergamerica. Produced by The Brewing Dept. (TBD) and staged by Emily Kaplan, the show will take place outdoors in August in Riverside Park (near the West 108 Street entrance in Manhattan's Upper West Side). For more information, click here.

Juan Villarreal and 2014 HOLAAward recipientTeresa Yenque wrapped up work on the short film Ramón y Adriana(written and directed by Francisca Alegría). The film was shot in Saugerties, New York. Both booked this two-character film after reading about it in the daily announcements HOLA sends to its members and then self-submitting.They can be seen in character on set in the photo during filming at left.

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